Dana, your maternity leave looks great! I'm amazed at the number of sick/vacation days you have saved up. My work is so stingy. I only get 5 sick days & 10 vacation days a year. I've worked for this company for over 8 years. I certainly wish my maternity leave was like yours. As it stands I get 8 weeks full pay maternity leave (short term disability). However the first week I have to either use sick or vacation or a combo of both to start with. Thank goodness the year will almost be over by the time I will be returning to work because I won't have hardly any vacation or sick time left. Enjoy your long time off work!!
Are you going to work until you go into labor or are you going to start your maternity leave earlier? I think I am going to ask the doctor to induce me due to a few factors. DH's work keeps sending him out-of-town and we don't have any family that lives close by. My MIL, who lives 2 hours away, will be in the delivery room with DH and I, with my FIL watching my 3 year old son. If the doctor induces me then I can make sure we have everything planned out so we won't need to bring DS to the hospital with us until my inlaws get there. Otherwise I guess I will work up until I go into labor. I would hate to waste a couple weeks around the house just waiting for the baby to arrive because it will eat into my leave with the baby.
I can't imagine having FIVE months off. That's awesome!!!